Srihari Nataraj

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Srihari Nataraj
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Personal information
NicknameHari
NationalityIndian
Born (2001-01-16) 16 January 2001 (age 23)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
StrokesBackstroke, freestyle
ClubDolphin Aquatics
Coach Nihar Ameen
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
South Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Kathmandu 50 m backstroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Kathmandu 100 m backstroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Kathmandu 200 m backstroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Kathmandu 4 x 100 m medley relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Kathmandu 4 × 100 m relay freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Kathmandu 100 m freestyle

Srihari Nataraj (born 16 January 2001) [1] is an Indian swimmer. He represented India at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. He qualified for Tokyo Summer Olympics after FINA approved his 'A' standard qualification time in men's 100m backstroke time trial at the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome. [2] He represented India at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

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In 2017, he competed in short course swimming at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

In 2018, he represented India at the Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia. [3] A few months later, he competed at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia. [4] In the same year, he also competed in the boys' 50 metre backstroke, boys' 100 metre backstroke and boys' 200 metre backstroke events at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2022 Commonwealth Games

Day one of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in July and August in Birmingham, England, Nataraj swam a time of 54.68 seconds in the preliminaries of the 100 metre backstroke and qualified for the semifinals ranking fifth. [5] With a time of 54.55 seconds in the semifinals, he qualified for the final the following day ranking seventh. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] In the final, he lowered his time to 54.31 seconds and placed seventh. [11] [12] On the third day, in the preliminaries of the 50 metre backstroke, he qualified for the semifinals of the event with a time of 25.52 seconds. [13] He ranked eighth across both semifinals heats with a time of 25.38 seconds and qualified for the final. [14] He lowered his time to 25.23 seconds in the final and placed fifth. [15] Two days later, he set an Indian record of 2:00.84 in the preliminaries of the 200 metre backstroke, ranked ninth overall, and did not qualify for the event final. [16] [17]

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References

  1. ↑ "Entry list" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "It's official: Srihari Nataraj qualifies for Tokyo Olympics after FINA approves QT". The Times of India . 30 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Srihari Nataraj". 2018 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Swimming Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 100m Backstroke Heats Results Summary". Longines . 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "India at CWG 2022: Mirabai Chanu, Women's hockey team, Badminton, Srihari Nataraj in action on Saturday, July 30". ESPN . 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
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